Karl De Abrew

iStonsoft has announced the release of iStonsoft PDF Converter, its powerful 4-in-one PDF Converter. The new software enables fast and high-quality conversion from PDF to ePub, PDF to Image, PDF to HTML and PDF to Text.

Dan Shea

Just as the year comes to a close, Debenu has introduced the first release candidate for a new automation tool. Debenu PDF Maximus allows users to perform configurable sets of actions (Action Lists) on PDF files, either individually or in batches. Debenu is also offering a prize to those who try out the pre-release version of the product and tell the company what they think.

Dan Shea

Since 1998, Planet PDF has shared the best information for anyone and everyone with an interest in PDF. We know that our reader community includes both experienced developers and people wondering what a PDF is, and we think that it's high time we brought you all together in a conversation.

Dan Shea

callas software has announced an updated version of the popular PDFA compliance and archival product, pdfaPilot. With this new release comes full support for the new PDF/A-3 standard, allowing users to archive original documents (such as Word, Excel, or XML files) into PDF/A-3 compliant container files.

Rowan Hanna

Foxit has launched PhantomPDF 5.1, a new release of its business-ready PDF software. Foxit PhantomPDF is available in three different editions: Express, Standard and Business. The new PhantomPDF 5.1 includes additional options for PDF creation, PDF customization, PDF conversion, along with support for Bates Numbers.

Karl De Abrew

LULU Software has announced the launch of next generation of its Soda PDF software. Soda PDF is an award-winning range of software for editing and creating PDFs. The new Soda PDF product line features 3D technology, new customizable viewing options and enhanced editing capabilities.

Dan Shea

PDF Connoisseur for iPad is aimed squarely at business users with a lot of reading to get through. The Kdan Mobile app lets readers save big lists in several file formats to PDF, then access them later in text or audio.

Rowan Hanna

Enolsoft Corporation has released an updated version of Enolsoft PDF to Text for Mac, its software for Mac users to convert normal or scanned PDF files. The upgraded PDF to Text for Mac now features OCR capability for converting scanned PDF to Text format. Additionally, the software has been optimized to address some previously identified issues.

Dan Shea

QR codes have been misused and overused lately, but the fact remains that they are a great way to link the printed world with the digital one. Once a PDF document is printed, all the functionality of its hyperlinks are lost, but a QR code can bring a print reader right back to the web.

Dan Shea

callas software has announced the release of pdfToolbox 5.3. This maintenance release of callas' PDF correction and preflight tool adds support for Mac OS X Lion, and provides full compatibility with the most recent version of the Adobe PDF Library.

Karl De Abrew

ChemAxon has announced the addition of a PDF document viewer to chemicalize.org, its open-access chemical structure miner and web search engine. The new PDF viewing features will allow researchers to highlight and display chemicals mentioned in PDFs such as patents and scientific papers, explore their properties and download them as SD files for further study.

OK, so you want to stamp your document. Maybe you need to give reviewers some advice about the document's status or sensitivity. This tip from author Ted Padova demonstrates how to add stamps with the Stamp Tool along with related comments.